Barrel or receptacle.



No. 854,237. PATENTBD MAY 21, 11907. E. s. REYNOLDS.

BARREL 0R RECEP'I'ACLE. APPLIOATION FILED 23.20.1905.

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UNITED STATES BARREL on nEoEPTALE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Appleman nei .April 2o, 1905. sei-m1 No. 266,545.

Patented May 21, 1907.

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Be it known that l, HENRY S. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residinfr in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ew York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Barrels or Receptacles, .of which the following is a speciiication.

',lh'is invention has reference to the art of securing the bottom or end member inv a ves sel or receptacle, and particularly relates to a vessel whose sides, or body portion, is tubular or cylinthical in one integral piece and formed of sheet metal.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved forni of end member, that in its process of assemblage will readily permit of a solder joint being formed between it and the body portion, which may be readily tested to insure a hermetiejoint being formed, before the tinal bending. i

A further ob ject of the invention is to provide in such e device a form of jointure in which there are no portions projecting beyond or outwardly from the body portion.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a oint wherein the weight of the vessel when resting upon such end, will be di rectly received by a art of the body portion of the vessel, insteadJ of by a part of the end or bottom portion.

in the drawing accompanying and forming part of this specification, showing an embodiment of my invention, Figure l is a broken view, one part being a side elevation, and the other part an axial longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a broken longitudinal section showing one state in the process of assembling the end member; and Fig. 3 is a View similar to the upper part of Fig. 1, but showing an annular band inserted between the extremities of the two members and the llanged portion of the end member. l

The sides or body portion in the present instance. is shown as composed of a tubular 4member 5, that may be constructed of sheet metal, such as wrought iron, copper, or other readily malleable metal. 'lhe end member, when the body portion is tubular, will have a disk portion provided with a peripheral annular flanged portion 7, whose perimeter is e( ual to the inner perimeter of the body portion 5. llie end portion of the flange 7` is bent. or rolled inwardly upon itself at H, as shown in Fig. 2, but leaving an annular` or cylindrical portion 7, between the roll and the adj acent disk portion of the member. l .L

The end member is assembled by inserting it in the end of the body 5 as shown in Fig. 2 until the distance between the engaging ans. nular portion of the tlange 7, and the ex-` tremity of the body is substantially equal to the perimeter of the roll portion 8 ofthe tlange, for thereason that when at a Subsc-, quent stage 1n the assemblage, the end por-k4 tion L ofthe body projecting beyond its, flange engaging portion, as shown in Fig. 2,`

is rolled over and inward upon the'vsaid rolled portion Sy of the flanged member, the. y

extremity of the body portion will be substantially coincident with the extremity or,v

edge of the flanged iortion After the end .i member provided with the flange 7 ambt-lie V roll 8, has been inserted into the body po`r. j. i

tion and brought to the said position as iiidicated in Fig. 2, the now engaging portions `of the flange 7 and the body member arejoined This by solder, or if preferred, by braziiig.`

soldering action may be facilitated by pre-V.y 4

viously applying suitable flux' or soldering iluid to such engaging surfaces. From Fig. Z it will be observed that there is a gutter or trough :formed by th'e adjacent roll portion of the flange and the body member, immediately above tlieeiig: igiiig surfaces to be selfA dered, which will obviously greatly facilitate the act of soldering, as this trough wiil receive both tlux and solder, and upon application of the soldering iron or other heating' means, the molten material 'will lflow by gravity to the engaging surfaces. Before roceeding to the next stage in the operation, it is desirable to test this joint, to ascertain if the members have hermetically united. I

This can be readily done by placing water upon either side-of the joint and then if any should )ercolate through, the exact placev of the leaiwill be apparent, and such defect can be easily removed by further soldering at such place.

The next state in the operation is to bend over and inward the portion of the body projecting beyond the soldered joint, onto and around roll 8. 'lliis will produce the strueture set forth at the upper part of Fig. i, and by having inserted the end member the correct distance, the extremity or edge 'of the body nien'iber will be brought coincident with' the extremity or edge of the roll portion 8 ofthe end member. This will form a continua IOO IOS

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ous engagement of the body member and the member, and a head zomprising a central flange portion, from their first engaging pordisk portlon and a ilange portion, the flange tions united by solder, to their extremities. portion of the head coi'nprising a cylindrical The double roll thus formed is preferably portion adjacent the disk portion in engage- 5 continued until the ends of each member are `ment with the inner wall oi thel bodya short 4o brought inte engagement with theinner side distance removed from the end, the said of the annular flanUe portion 7 of the endflange portion having its end extremity member, which wil greatly enhance the curved inwardly fornnng a yroll or beadhtlr- Vstrength of the joint. The joint can be furend portlon of the body member being snuiio ther strengthened by inserting a band or larly rolled inwardly in contact with the 45 hook 9 between the registering edges of the bead portion of the head member, the flange two members, and the inner face of the portion at the portions where the annular flange. The band will be p`ut in such posiportion merges into the roll portion, being tion before the roll 8 is formed on the endY secured to the contacting portion of the body I5 member. l/Vhen such end member' is used at member by brazing or soldering. 5ol

the bottom of thevessel, yit will be observed i 2. The method of. securing the end memthat the strain is iirst received upon the porber to the tubular body member of a reception of the body member, and not of the end tacle which consists in forming the end mem- Inenrber, but this roll portion ofthe bottom ber with an annular iiange having an end 2O member is 'reinforced and strengthened by portion of the ilange bent inward, inserting 55 being iirmly united with the roll portion of the end member into the body member bcthe end member. It will be further observed yond its extremity for a suilieient distance to vthat as the roll ortions of the member are provide a bending portion at the end of the bent inwardly, t ere is no projection whatbody, thereupon uniting the engaging por- 25 ever beyond the perimeter of the body porl tions oi the ilange and body by soldering or 6o tion, that would be objectionable in the brazing, and thereupon bending the end body handling of the vessel. One advantage of portion not so united down upon the said Such mode ofassembling the end member bent portion of the end member. lies in the fact Atha-tv the two members are .l Signed at Nos. 9 to 15 Murray street, New

3o joined by solder, and thereupon tested for York, New York this nineteenth day ol 65 leakage, before the rolled portions are April, 1905. A

brought together. HENRY S. REYNOLDS.

Having thus described my invention, I Witnesses: claim: WILLIAM II. REID,

35 1. A. barrel comprising a tubular bodyI FRED. J. Dome. 

